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CINE Announces 58th CINE Golden Eagle Awards for Professional Media Recipients and Finalists
Award winners include top industry films, series and documentaries
Washington, DC - CINE is proud to announce the recipients of the 58th CINE Golden Eagle Awards for Professional Media. One of the nation’s oldest industry awards, the CINE Golden Eagle Awards were reimagined in 2014 as a revolutionary, modern media honor — a transparent, juried process to honor originality and storytelling in media across genres and distribution platforms.
“I’m really proud of the incredible productions that our jurors chose,” said Bill Gardner, CINE President and Vice President of Programming and Development for PBS. “When we envisioned the ‘new’ CINE Golden Eagle Awards, we wanted to create a model that’s focused on honoring unique, extraordinary media — work that really breaks the mold and inspires our fellow industry members. I’m thrilled by the response, and I can’t wait to congratulate everyone in person.”
Review panels evaluated each awards submission, and a distinguished jury of media industry professionals was tasked with selecting the Golden Eagle Award recipients and naming up to five finalists in each category. To emphasize transparency, CINE’s evaluation criteria — emphasizing storytelling and originality of production and presentation — is published online, and everyone who submitted work for consideration receives the comments of the review and jury panels.
CINE will honor those recognized — as well as the recipients and finalists of the 58th Golden Eagle Awards for Independent and Student Media, which will be announced this summer — at CINE Celebrates networking parties in New York, Washington, DC and Los Angeles in October. CINE will also welcome local media students and honored alumni at each event, so media makers at every skill level can gather to celebrate and share.
To read more about the Golden Eagle Award recipients and finalists, visit www.cine.org/professional.
2015 CINE Golden Eagle Awards for Professional Media Golden Eagle Finalists listed alphabetically
Narrative Content: Series/Mini-Series Episodes of 30:01 Minutes or Longer
Golden Eagle Award
HANNIBAL Dino De Laurentiis Company and Living Dead Guy Productions in Association with Gaumont International Television NBC (US), AX, Sky Living (UK) and City TV (Canada)
Golden Eagle Finalists
GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE Tiny Pyro Productions and Universal Cable Productions Bravo Media
ORPHAN BLACK Temple Street Productions and Bell Media BBCA
Narrative Content: Series/Mini-Series Episodes of 30:00 Minutes or Less
Golden Eagle Award
60-SECOND PRESIDENTS PBS LearningMedia and Kornhaber Brown
Golden Eagle Finalist
MOM Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television CBS
Narrative Content: Feature — Live Action
Golden Eagle Award
A MOST VIOLENT YEAR A24
Golden Eagle Finalists
BIG EYES The Weinstein Company
THE IMITATION GAME The Weinstein Company
ST. VINCENT The Weinstein Company
Narrative Content: Short — Animation
Golden Eagle Award
SEEING THE INVISIBLE Funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute A film by SWEET FERN Productions
Golden Eagle Finalist
THE NATURE OF WAR StoryCorps and The Rauch Brothers PBS
Nonfiction Content: Series/Mini-Series — Episodes of 30:01 Minutes or Longer
Golden Eagle Award
MORGAN SPURLOCK: INSIDE MAN CNN
Golden Eagle Finalists
ANTHONY BOURDAIN: PARTS UNKNOWN Zero Point Zero Productions CNN
NY MED ABC News
THE ROOSEVELTS Florentine Films WETA PBS
THIS IS LIFE WITH LISA LING CNN
Nonfiction Content: Series/Mini-Series — Episodes of 30:00 Minutes or Less
Golden Eagle Award
WE THE ECONOMY Vulcan Productions and Cinelan
Golden Eagle Finalists
INSIDE THE FIGHT FOR KOBANI CNN
THE PALEO WAY WITH CHEF PETE EVANS Seven Network Australia Endemol
THE PLACE WE LIVE IN August Pictures Pte Ltd Singapore MediaCorp Channel 8
Nonfiction Content: Feature — Current Affairs or Investigations
Golden Eagle Award
E-TEAM Big Mouth Productions and Red Light Films Netflix
Golden Eagle Finalists
ALIVE INSIDE Projector Media and Artemis Rising Films City Drive Films, Netflix, MTuckman Media, Bond 360 and Yekra
AMERICA REFRAMED: RACHEL IS American Documentary Inc. WORLD Channel
BLACKFISH Our Turn Productions CNN Films
DOCUMENTED Apo Anak Productions CNN Films
Nonfiction Content: Feature — Environment and Science
Golden Eagle Award
TRULY STRANGE: THE SECRET LIFE OF BREASTS Genepool Productions and SBS Australia Smithsonian Channel
Golden Eagle Finalists
AMERICA REFRAMED: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER American Documentary, Inc. WORLD Channel
BIGGER THAN T.REX A Production of NOVA/WGBH Boston and National Geographic Studios in association with National Geographic Channels International and ZDF PBS
MASS EXTINCTION: LIFE AT THE BRINK Tangled Bank Studios and Holt Productions Smithsonian Channel
NATURE: SNOW MONKEYS Pontecorvo Productions and THIRTEEN Productions LLC for National Geographic Channel, Sky Vision and WNET PBS
NATURE: TOUCHING THE WILD Passion Planet and THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET PBS
Nonfiction Content: Feature — Historical Events and Biographies
Golden Eagle Award
LIFE ITSELF CNN Films
Golden Eagle Finalists
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FREEDOM SUMMER A Firelight Films production for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
COLD CASE: JFK A NOVA Production by Lone Wolf Media for WGBH/Boston
INSIDE THE HUNT FOR THE BOSTON BOMBERS RAW TV National Geographic Channel
WHITEY: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER CNN Films
ZEPPELIN TERROR ATTACK Produced by Windfall Films Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH Boston in association with Channel 4 and National Geographic Channels
Nonfiction Content: Short — Documentary
Golden Eagle Award
LAST CHANCE HIGH VICE Media
Golden Eagle Finalists
GREAT TRANSITIONS — THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN Funded and Produced by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute A film by Rob Whittlesey
STRUGGLE AND TRIUMPH: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Signature Communications for the National Park Service
WORLD SPORTS PRESENTS: JOURNEY OF THE GAY ATHLETE CNN
Nonfiction Content: Short — News Program
Golden Eagle Award
NIGHTLINE: THE WAR FOR PARADISE ABC News
Golden Eagle Finalists
CNN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS: CRISIS AT THE VA CNN
HIRED GUNS CNN and The Center for Investigative Reporting
WORLD WITHOUT HATE Thirteen WNET PBS
Children’s Programming: Series/Mini-Series
Golden Eagle Award
LILY’S DRIFTWOOD BAY Sixteen South Sprout (USA), Nick Jr (UK), ABC (Australia) and TVNZ (New Zealand) The Jim Henson Company
Golden Eagle Finalists
60-SECOND PRESIDENTS PBS LearningMedia and Kornhaber Brown
JIM HENSON’S DOOZERS The Jim Henson Company Hulu
OUR CAMERAS, OUR STORIES Downtown Community Television Center, Inc. Thirteen WNET
Children’s Programming: Short — Live Action, Animation or Nonfiction
Golden Eagle Award
FRIENDS OR FOES? Rice Film Co. Ltd. Public Television Service Foundation (PTS)
Golden Eagle Finalists
HELLO! MR. MAYOR Public Television Service Foundation (PTS)
LOST TREASURE HUNT Argosy Film Group for American Public Television
Variety, Talk Shows and Special Events: Series/Mini-Series — Episodes of 30:01 Minutes or Longer
Golden Eagle Award
SUPER SOUL SUNDAY Harpo Studios OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Variety, Talk Shows and Special Events: Special or Live Event
Golden Eagle Award
CANADA’S WALK OF FAME 2014 Insight Production Company Ltd. Shaw Media
Golden Eagle Finalists
2014 NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT Capital Concerts, Inc. PBS
A CAPITOL FOURTH 2014 Capital Concerts, Inc. PBS
THE JUNO AWARDS 2014 Insight Production Company Ltd. Bell Media
Advertising, Marketing and Institutional Productions: Complementary Productions — Museums or Exhibits, Special Features, Meetings or Conferences
Golden Eagle Award
“ANNE’S ROOM” — MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE Cortina Productions Museum of Tolerance
Golden Eagle Finalists
CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY INTERPRETIVE FILM Aperture Films, Ltd. American Battle Monuments Commission
D-DAY: INVASION AT NORMANDY Aperture Films, Ltd. The National World War II Museum
THE INTREPID: DISCOVERING LINCOLN’S BALLOON CORPS NorthLight Productions The Genesee Country Village and Museum of Mumford, New York WXXI-TV
Advertising, Marketing and Institutional Productions: Public Service Announcements and Non-Profit Promotion
Golden Eagle Award
CHILDHOOD INTERRUPTED: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF AUTISM Backfin Media Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Golden Eagle Finalists
AUTUMN JOURNEY Citygate Films Opera North, Inc. and the Department of Behavioral Health and disAbility Services
CRISIS GROUP: ON THE FRONTLINES Storywise LLC International Crisis Group
MY LIFE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED Off Ramp Films
Advertising, Marketing and Institutional Productions: Advertising and Corporate Branding
Golden Eagle Award
STRIP THE COSMOS — AD SALES UPFRONT TAPE Science Channel
Golden Eagle Finalists
MAN VS. THE UNIVERSE PROMO Science Channel
THE THANK YOU PROJECT Strong Films Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
PORSCHE AT LE MANS Kemper Kommunikation GmbH and bee Film GmbH Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON FIRST LOOK NBC Custom Content Marketing NBC
Advertising, Marketing and Institutional Productions: Employee or Consumer Training & Education
Golden Eagle Award
PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION: YOUR LIFELINES DuPont Sustainable Solutions
Golden Eagle Finalists
CONNECTING THE DOTS: RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO STALKING O'Keefe Communications, Inc. Stalking Resource Center National Center for Victims of Crime U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
THE PAPER KINGDOM Wisdom Tools National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
SAFETY IS PERSONAL: AN EMPLOYER’S STORY WorkSafeBC
STEP UP — BE MORE THAN A BYSTANDER University Video, Office of University Communications and Marketing American University Office of Campus Life
THROUGH OUR EYES: CHILDREN, VIOLENCE, AND TRAUMA Video/Action The Office for Victims of Crime (US-DOJ)
Advertising, Marketing and Institutional Productions: Viral or Social Marketing
Golden Eagle Award
THE THANK YOU PROJECT Strong Films Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Golden Eagle Finalists
BUILT FOR IT™ TRIALS — CAT® MINI EXCAVATOR PROVES IT’S NOT A “BULL IN A CHINA SHOP”
Caterpillar, Inc.
BUILT FOR IT™ TRIALS — STACK: LARGEST JENGA® GAME PLAYED WITH CAT® EXCAVATORS Caterpillar, Inc.
CLAWED’S GIFT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY VIDEO University Video - American University Office of Communications and Marketing
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ABOUT CINE CINE was created in 1957 as a private-public partnership with the USIA branch of the State Department as a way to accredit U.S. documentary and industrial films to send to large foreign festivals (Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam). The CINE Golden Eagle Award was created as the method to choose films for submission to the overseas festivals. Over the years, the CINE Golden Eagle Awards expanded to include student, independent, narrative and television productions. By the mid-1990s CINE’s partnership with the State Department ceased, and the Golden Eagle Awards were presented as a symbol of peer- reviewed media excellence rather than as a conduit to foreign film festivals.
CINE Golden Eagle Award-winning alumni are working throughout the industry. For some, such as Steven Spielberg (1969) and Ken Burns (1981), it was their first major industry recognition; others, such as Martin Scorsese (2006), Barbara Kopple (1992) and Spike Lee (1999) were honored well into their illustrious careers.